The Society would like to invite you to share your brilliant ideas with us with the launch of our first competition.
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We travelled to Glastonbury, Somerset to meet with Ross Whitcombe who racks up a hectic 50 to 60-hour week working as a livestock auctioneer and chartered surveyor whilst he also farms. Together with his wife, Clare and baby son, Henry, Ross manages 100 cows including the pedigree Brue Valley Beef Shorthorn herd on the Somerset Levels.
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Eight breeders from the UK travelled down under to Australia to join the World Shorthorn Conference tour, starting in Adelaide on 25 September.
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Our congratulations to John Thomson Snr who was recognised with the Lifetime Achievement accolade at the 2018 Mart’s the Heart presented by Farmers Guardian at the British Farming Awards staged in Birmingham in October.
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I’m looking at two very typical photos of David on the service sheet for his funeral service on 12 October in Edinburgh, which celebrated a very full and successful life. Many of his family, friends and acquaintances took part in a very moving service.
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I visited two of my daughters last year, who were living in New Zealand and, as is the case with any of my travels, I managed to squeeze in some visits to view some Shorthorn cattle while I was on the other side of the world.
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Over 60 Beef Shorthorn Cattle Society members travelled from as far afield as Angus, Ceredigion and Oxfordshire to our inaugural Roadshow, staged in Cumbria in June, and kindly hosted by Paul Coates at Barrockend Farm, Carlisle.
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